What is PIANC?
PIANC is a worldwide non-political and non-profit making technical organization
of private individuals, corporations and national governments. The purpose of
PIANC is to promote the maintenance and operation of both inland and ocean navigation
by fostering progress in the design, construction, improvement, maintenance and
operation of inland and maritime waterways and ports and of coastal areas for
general use in industrialised as well as in developing countries. Since PIANC
was founded in 1885 as the oldest international Association concerned with these
technical aspects of navigation, it has made and continues to make a vital contribution
to technical development in this field.
| Headquarters: |
Brussels(BELGIUM) |
| Membership: |
Governments of 67 countries, 518 corporate members 2,045 individual
and life-members(as of November 2003) |
| Activities: |
| Congress |
international Navigation Congress held every 4years |
| Commissions |
Annual General Assembly(AGA), Council
and various kinds of commissions |
| Studies |
There are 4 standing commissions
and study activities are carried out by working groups
under the following commissions:
MarCom for seaports
InCom for inland waterways
EnviCom for environmental aspects
RecCom for recreational navigation aspects |
| Seminars |
Seminars are held mainly for developing
countries under supervision of the International Cooperation
Commission |
| Publications |
A periodical international Bulletin for all members and study
reports |
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Click here to visit HP of PIANC headquarters.
http://www.pianc-aipcn.org
What is JS-PIANC?
JS-PIANC is the Japanese Section of PIANC and is implementing the following
services for Japanese members.
Information service on the activities of PIANC
Providing subsidies for Japanese participants to the working groups held by the
headquarters
Distribution service of Bulletin and other publications
| Executives: |
President |
Yasuhiro KAWASHIMA |
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Vice-President |
Makoto OWADA |
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Secretary |
Tatsuro OKUMURA(okumura@ocdi.or.jp) |
| Membership: |
Government Offcials |
9 from the Ports and Harbours Bureau,
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport |
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2 from the Fisheries Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry,
and Fisheries |
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56 corporate members
140 individual members
9 life-members(as of November 2003) |
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